melissa burke covers congress . she is joining us from capitol hill to talk about flint, michigan water. when was the water declared undrinkable and why? 2014,dates back to april when the city, under the direction of some state-appointed emergency managers, switched its water supply to the untreated flint river. afterwards,t, right no one really knew something was wrong. the public didn't find out about the lead in their water until the fall of 2015. that is when advisories started to go out, suggestions that residents start drinking bottled water or get filters, and to they've kids also in bottled water. >> when and how did congress get involved in the flint water issue? >> late 2015, there was a growing chorus. there was this realization that something had gone really wrong in flint and there was a lot of questions about what happened, how it happened, how something like this could happen, whose fault it was, whether the government, the state, the city, the fed, who should have prevented this. trying to figure out

melissa burke joining us again. a few days after the bill was approved, the chairman of the house oversight committee, jason chaffetz, close down the investigation into flint. why? guest: he issued to letters kind of -- two letters kind of summarizing his findings. he said the situation in flint was a result of failures at all levels of government. he singled out the state of michigan, the department of environmental quality. he said there were serious problems there in terms of misleading the epa. he said there have been significant problems with the epa, which had dragged its feet and not acted for seven months before issuing an emergency order in january of this year, 2016. so he also really came down on , the epa for not having updated its lead and copper rule, which is outdated and has not been revised for a number of years. host: so if the congressional investigation is over for now does that mean water problems in , flint are fixed? guest: unfortunately not, no. residents continue to drink bottled water, use

melissa burke joining us again. few days after the bill was approved, the chairman of the house oversight committee, jason chaffetz, close down the investigation into flint. why? guest: he issued two letters kind of summarizing his findings. he said the situation in flint was a result of failures at all levels of government. he singled out the state of michigan, the department of environmental quality. he said there were serious problems there in terms of misleading the epa. he said there have been significant problems with the epa, which had dragged its feet and not acted for seven months before issuing an emergency order in january of this year, 2016. so, he also really came down on the epa for not having updated its lead and copper rule, which is outdated and has not been revised for a number of years. host: so if the congressional investigation is over for now, does that mean water problems in flint are fixed? guest: unfortunately not, no. residents continue to drink bottled water, use filters on their taps, and

atyou can read melissa burke detroitnews.com. if you would like to watch the full three and a half hour hearing on the water problems in flint, michigan, you can go to our website, www.c-span.org. >> back in august there were headlines about the epipen. kids with ann allergic reaction, they get it for a bee sting. the epipencost of puts a crunch on families. demanded an urgent briefing on epipens. karen johnson joining us now. what led to the stories? in august is when parents are buying epipen's to stock them up for school. they're putting them at grandma's house, daycare. this is when people are going to the pharmacy and finding out how much a net the pentecost. over the last eight years, the price has gone up from about to $600.a two-pack, that is the list price, it is not what everyone pays. but people were beginning to feel that when they went to the pharmacy. and they were putting out word on social media and contacting senators and representatives. that lifted the fuse of public outrage. >> a price increase got the attenti

host: you can read melissa burke at detroitnews.com. thanks very much for joining us. guest: thank you. host: and a reminder if you , would like to watch the full three and a half hour hearing on the water problems in flint, michigan, you can go to our website, www.c-span.org. back in august, there were headlines about the epipen, the shot people take, mostly kids, that people take when they have an allergic reaction, like a bee sting. the rising cost of the epipen puts pinch on families. senators demanded an urgent briefing on epipens. carolyn johnson of the washington post joining us now. what led to the stories? guest: well, in august is when parents are buying epipens to stock them up for school. and they're putting them at grandma's house, daycare. this is when people are going to the pharmacy and finding out how much and epipen costs. over the last eight years, the price has gone up from about $100 for a two-pack, to $600. that is the list price, it is not what everyone pays. but people were beginning to feel that when they went to the pharmacy. and they were put

burkes lehigh and the poconos, mostly rain event for jersey and delaware. looking at the system tomorrow let you know when the moisture moves out and the arctic invasion coming up in the forecast. >> melissaow to bob brooks in allentown to see how the people are coping with the weather there. hi, bob. >> hi, sarah. it did snow earlier. it's cold enough. you can hear the crunch there. they laid down salt here so the ice didn't build up as the storm system makes its way here tonight. some of the massive winter storm system crossing the country officially made its way here. a thin layer of snow covered allentown. earlier we covered the snow fall which has people taking precaution tonight. >> seatbeltsen o, driving slow, watching the side and everything else. >> that's lynn royal. she and her family were in philadelphia and heading back up north. with a car full of kids and family, she's not taking chances. >> i-75 and michigan look what happened, a 30 car plus pile up. >> ohio 30-inches. chicago more of the same. o'hare canceled more than a thousand flights leaving some scrambling to get another flight home. >> my 1:40 was canceled. >> we caught up with sherry and her daughters. they were in

burke, virginia. fairfax county police said they found a body in a pond where they were looking for a missing woman. follow news 4 for updates. >>> let's check in with melissargetown pike, broken down vehicle in the left lane, the rest looks okay, 16th street, left lane closed in both directions because of a crash there and in connecticut avenue, northbound after university, still have the report of an overturned vehicle. we're seeing some volume heading northbound. >>> thank you, melissa. we'll check the forecast next. stay with us. mymy cookie exchangeripled. is super competitive. th my appetizers. we can do it without blowing our budget. oh yeah, this is great! my family really needs to be wowed this year! standing rib roast! wow. everything for the holidays. that's my giant. >>> good morning, everybody. another winter jacket required kind of a day. temperatures in the teens out through the valley, upper teens to low and mid 20s around the city right now. plenty of sunshine. but we're starting out so cold, it will be tough to warm up too much. we'll get into the low 40s, back to 50 tomorrow and again on thursday, a little bit more cloud co